From: Matt Lawrence <matt@...>
Date: 2004-09-28T13:20:42+09:00
Subject: Re: RPM of Ruby 1.8.x

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Markus wrote:

>      I know I got micro-flamed for making this same suggestion earlier
> in this same thread, but why not compile from source?  It's quick, it's
> easy, and it is a lot cleaner than trying to force RPMs to go where they
> aren't happy.  If you are in a multi-system production environment you
> probably ought to have sufficently standardised builds to do this once &
> make & push your own RPMs internally.  In any case, in such an
> environment you probably should be able to rebuild everything you run
> from source anyway, so you can apply patches etc. in a timely manner.

You're absolutely correct, we should.  However, The systems adminstration 
has been outsourced to a mega-corporation that only cares about extracting 
money from their clients.  The project management is not only technically 
illiterate, they don't care about doing the job right.  In fact, they are 
actively hostile to the technical folks on a regular basis.

Yeah, I knew what kind of weasels I was going to work for when I took the 
contract.  It was better than bankruptcy.  Barely.  If anyone is looking 
for a talented & dedicated systems adminstrator to take care of Linux and 
AIX systems, please contact me.

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts, it's what I can remember in time to use.